The Beauty Specialist

"The Beauty Specialist" is the last of three novellas written by Leslie Charteris and included in the seventeenth Saint book The Ace of Knaves published in 1937. It had previously been published in the magazine Thriller as "The 'Z' Man."

Plot
The Saint is suspected of being "The Z-Man", a mysterious figure who is blackmailing a trio of movie starlets. It's up to Simon and Patricia Holm to protect the women until the blackmailer's real identity is revealed.

Television adaptation
"The Beauty Specialist" was adapted as an episode of The Saint TV series. Retitled "Marcia" the episode first aired on October 24, 1963 as part of the second season.